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Heart Like a Wheel

Heart Like a Wheel is the fifth solo studio album by Linda Ronstadt, released in November 1974. It was Ronstadt's last album to be released by Capitol Records. At the time of its recording, Ronstadt had already moved to Asylum Records and released her first album there; due to contractual obligations, though, Heart Like a Wheel was released by Capitol.[4]

For other uses, see Heart Like a Wheel (disambiguation).

Heart Like a Wheel

November 19, 1974 (1974-11-19)

June–September 1974

31:40

Heart Like a Wheel reached the top of the Billboard 200, becoming her first number one album in the United States. The lead single a cover of Dee Dee Warwick's "You're No Good" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. At the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Album Of The Year, while her version of "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love with You" won the award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.


Widely considered Ronstadt's breakthrough album, it was selected by the Library of Congress to be inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2013. In 2020, it was ranked number 490 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Linda Ronstadt – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 9)

– electric piano (1, 3), electric guitar solo (1), drums (1, 2, 3, 7), percussion (1, 2, 3), acoustic piano (3, 4, 5, 8, 10), electric rhythm guitar (4), tambourine (4, 6), guitars (6), backing vocals (6, 7), acoustic guitar (7, 8), ukulele (8). Credit on album cover: "Special thanks to Andrew Gold for his help with the arrangements."

Andrew Gold

Eddie Black – electric guitar (1)

Bob Warford – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 8), electric guitar solo (4), electric guitar (7)

pedal steel guitar (2, 7, 8)

Sneaky Pete Kleinow

– acoustic guitar (3), harmony vocals (3)

J. D. Souther

banjo (3), backing vocals (7)

Herb Pedersen

Paul Craft – acoustic guitar (9)

John Starling – acoustic guitar (9)

Danny Pendleton – pedal steel guitar (9)

– acoustic guitar (10)

John Boylan

– acoustic guitar (10)

Glenn Frey

– bass guitar (1, 2, 6–8), backing vocals (6, 7)

Kenny Edwards

– bass guitar (3)

Chris Ethridge

– bass guitar (4)

Emory Gordy Jr.

Tom Guidera – bass guitar (9)

– bass guitar (10)

Timothy B. Schmit

Dennis St. John – drums (4)

– drums (6)

Russ Kunkel

Lloyd Myers – drums (8)

– drums (10)

Don Henley

– percussion (2), cowbell (6), backing vocals (10)

Peter Asher

Jimmie Fadden – (2, 7)

harmonica

– fiddle (5, 8)

David Lindley

Gregory Rose – string arrangements and conductor (1, 2, 10)

– string arrangements (5), viola (5)

David Campbell

Dennis Karmazyn – cello (5)

Richard Feves – double bass (5)

– backing vocals (1)

Clydie King

– backing vocals (1)

Sherlie Matthews

– backing vocals (2)

Wendy Waldman

– backing vocals (4)

Cissy Houston

Joyce Nesbitt – backing vocals (4)

– backing vocals (5)

Maria Muldaur

– harmony vocals (8)

Emmylou Harris

Adapted from album's liner notes.[18]


Production

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Heart Like a Wheel

on WNYC's Inside The Recording Registry

Linda Ronstadt: “Heart Like a Wheel” | Studio 360